Retail Other · California

Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA

La Mesa, CA · ~27 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Other workplace, earning a grade F.

Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA: 6.9 TCR = 202% of Retail Other BLS 3.4 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA safety composite

Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−12.9

2016→2023

Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA injury rate improved

Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA's TCR fell 12.9 from 12.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 17.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.9 · 2017=17.7 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=12.0 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · La Mesa, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 202% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #180/255
  • PHOTO Runnings of Claremont
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Runnings of Claremont (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA averages 6.9 TCR (202% of the Retail Other BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA TCR series: 2016=12.9 · 2017=17.7 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=12 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA falls in its industry

2,120 Retail Other establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #180 safest of 255 Retail Other employers in California.

Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA (27 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA
Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA (27 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Big Lots Store #4047 LA MESA, CA has more employees than the Retail Other median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 12.0 12.0 2 0 0
2018 5.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 17.7 11.8 3 0 0
2016 12.9 12.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · CA · La Mesa

2,120 Retail Other employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 85 employers in La Mesa, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Runnings of Claremont 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Runnings of Mandan 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #5263 Ontario, NY 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5131 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE HQ 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Medeiros Farms Vineyards 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE SAND RANCH 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Bernabe Vineyards 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grossmont Hospital - 5555 Grossmont Center Drive 3,453 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grossmont Hospital 3,275 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0469 - LA MESA CA WHSE 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of La Mesa 345 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #5263 Ontario, NY 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Foss Home and Village 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NAPP Asheboro - 005 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR KW Woodworks 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1854 Essex Junction, VT 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #1964 Houston, TX 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Lots Store #5364 Mays Landing, NJ 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1429 125 Darlene Drive 27 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.